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NYT : 36 from Modern Era daily puzzles
EXMAYOR EXPWY EXROYAL FOXILY HUXLEY IXNAY IXNAYS JAWXRAYS LAPOFLUXURY LAXITY LUXURY LUXURYBOX LUXURYCAR LUXURYLINER LUXURYTAX SAXONY SEXTOY SEXTOYS SIXWAYSTOSUNDAY TAKESXRAYS TAXPAYER TAXPAYERMONEY THELAPOFLUXURY THELUXURYOFTIME XRAY XRAYCAMERA XRAYED XRAYEYES XRAYING XRAYLAB XRAYMACHINE XRAYS XRAYSPECS XRAYSPEX XRAYTECHS XRAYVISION
These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:
NYT : 9 from pre-Shortz puzzles
ALDOUSHUXLEY APOXONTHEPARTYAPOXONYOU FIXITY PERPLEXITY SIXDAYBICYCLERACE SIXDAYSSHALTTHOULABOR TAXPAYERS XRAYTECHNICIANS XRAYTUBES
These words from our word lists have never appeared in any NYT crossword:
Private : 62 from the XWord Info word lists
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Regular Users see 35 basic words here from the XWord Info Word List.
Angels see 27 additional premium words from Jeff Chen's Personal List.
These unscored dictionary words aren't found in either NYT puzzles or our word lists:
Abridged : 76 from internal dictionaries
ALDOUSLEONARDHUXLEY ANDREWFIELDINGHUXLEY ANDREWHUXLEY AUXOCYTE AUXOCYTES AXISYMMETRIC AXISYMMETRICAL AXISYMMETRIES AXISYMMETRY BICONVEXITY BOXILY CARANXCRYSOS CLASSMYXOMYCETES COMPLEXIFY COMPLEXIFYING DEOXYCYTIDINE DIDEOXYCYTOSINE DIVISIONMYXOMYCOTA DOLICHONYXORYZIVORUS DOXYCYCLINE DOXYCYCLINES DUPLEXITY EXABYTE EXABYTES EXOCYCLIC EXOCYCLOIDA EXOCYTIC EXOCYTOSE EXOCYTOSED EXOCYTOSES EXOCYTOSING EXOCYTOSIS EXOCYTOTIC EXPRESSLUXURYLINER HEXAGYNIAN HEXAGYNOUS HEXAHYDRATE HEXAHYDRATED HEXAHYDRATES HUXLEYAN HYPERTEXTSYSTEM HYPOMIXOLYDIAN LOWERSAXONY LUXULYANITE LUXULYANITES MYXOCYTE MYXOCYTES MYXOMYCETE MYXOMYCETES MYXOMYCETOUS MYXOMYCOTA NEXTLY ORDEREXOCYCLOIDA OXYHYDROGEN OXYHYDROGENS PENTOXIFYLLINE SALIXAMYGDALINA SALIXAMYGDALOIDES SEXILY SUPERLUXURY TAXPAYINGS THOMASHENRYHUXLEY THOMASHUXLEY THRINAXKEYENSIS TOXIFY TOXIFYING UNFIXITY UNSEXILY WAXILY XRAYPHOTOGRAPH XRAYPHOTOGRAPHY XRAYPICTURE XRAYTHERAPY XXYSYNDROME XYLYL XYLYLS
These words found only in our unabridged dictionary tend to be obscure. Use with caution.
Unabridged : 111 from our unabridged dictionary
ALEXIPYRETIC AMBIDEXTRY ANGLOSAXONY ANNEXARY BOXDAY BOXKEY CEXTEYNE CEXTRYE CONNEXITY DEFLEXITY DEVEXITY DIDEOXYCYTIDINE EXODY EXOGYNOUS EXPOYL EXTRY FALLAXITY FAUXETY FIXILY FLEXITY FOXERY FOXKEY FOXYEYED FRIXORY GYMNAXONY HEXACYCLIC HEXAGYN HEXAGYNIA HEXAGYNIOUS HEXAHYDRIC HEXAHYDRITE HEXASYLLABIC HYDROXYLYSINE HYPERMIXOLYDIAN IMPERMIXTLY INCOMPLEXITY INFLEXITY INTERCOMPLEXITY INTERMIXTLY KLUXERY LIPOXENY LIXIVYE LUXURYCRUISE LUXURYDUTY LUXURYEDITION LUXURYLOVING LUXURYSHOP LUXURYTRADE MESOXALYL MESOXALYLUREA METHOXYPYRIDINE MISOXENY MIXOPYOUS MIXTLY MULTIPLEXITY MYXOMYCETAL OBNIXELY OBNOXITY OVERCOMPLEXITY OXALYL OXBOY OXFLY OXIFY OXLAYS OXRAY OXYCYANIDE OXYCYMENE OXYHYDRATE OXYHYDRIC OXYHYDROCARBON OXYHYDROGENJET OXYHYDROGENLAMP OXYMYOGLOBIN OXYTYLOTATE OXYTYLOTE PAXEGYPTIANA PERFIXTLY PEXITY PHOENIXITY PHYLOXENY PREFIXTLY PROPLEXITY PROVEXITY PROXENY REFLEXITY RELAXITY RELEXIFY RIDELUXURY SAXIFY SAXIFYING SEXISYLLABIC SEXISYLLABLE SEXTRY SIMPLEXITY SPHINXILY SULPHAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE TAXLAYER TRIPLEXITY VAXCAYME XRAYMICROSCOPE XRAYMICROSCOPY XRAYPULSAR XRAYSPECTROGRAPH XRAYSPECTROMETER XRAYSPECTROSCOPY XRAYSTAR XRAYTELESCOPE XYLYLAMINE XYLYLEA XYLYLENE XYLYLIC
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